2 Kings 12:8
in 2 Kings 12So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
KJV
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
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This verse in 2 Kings 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Why have you not repaired the damage
on 2 Kings 12:7-8
The king who has reigned under Jehoiada's tutelage corrects him, asking why the damage to the temple remains. The rebuke names its own remedy: “take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple”. The priests consent, an office surrendered without a defense.
This site's exposition
the priests agreed
John Gill named three possible causes of the delay: the people slow to pay, the priests keeping the money, or plain neglect of the work. Under the new order the priests handle neither the money nor the building. The next verse sets up the chest.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,.... And delivered up what they had: neither to repair the breaches of the house; being very willing to be stop both services, and especially since they seemed to be suspected.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Why repair ye not the breaches of the house?--This mode of collection not proving so productive as was expected (the dilatoriness of the priests was the chief cause of the failure), a new arrangement was proposed.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּאֹ֖תוּ | vaiyeotu | and they agreed | H225 → | |
| הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֑ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לְבִלְתִּ֤י | levilti | to not | H1115 → | 112 times |
| קְחַת־ | kechat- | to take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| כֶּ֙סֶף֙ | kesef | money | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מֵאֵ֣ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וּלְבִלְתִּ֥י | ulevilti | and to not | H1115 → | 112 times |
| חַזֵּ֖ק | chazek | to repair | H2388 → | 291 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֶּ֥דֶק | bedek | [the] damage of | H919 → | 10 times |
| הַבָּֽיִת׃ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וַיֵּאֹ֖תוּand they agreed
vaiyeotuH225 →
הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֑יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
לְבִלְתִּ֤יto not
leviltiH1115 →112 times
קְחַת־to take
kechat-H3947 →966 times
כֶּ֙סֶף֙money
kesefH3701 →403 times
מֵאֵ֣תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וּלְבִלְתִּ֥יand to not
uleviltiH1115 →112 times
חַזֵּ֖קto repair
chazekH2388 →291 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֶּ֥דֶק[the] damage of
bedekH919 →10 times
הַבָּֽיִת׃the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.